Yancey
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YAN-see
- Origin
- English
Yancey is a boys' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Yancey come from?
English: English and American surname of uncertain origin
Is Yancey a girl's or a boy's name?
Yancey is a boys' name.
How popular is Yancey in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1971, with 48 boys. It first appears in the records in 1894.
Half of all the boys named Yancey in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yancey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 25 | #2,224 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,225 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 27 | #1,998 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,203 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,808 |
| 1979 | 39 | #1,510 |
| 1978 | 34 | #1,616 |
| 1977 | 30 | #1,743 |
| 1976 | 27 | #1,827 |
| 1975 | 41 | #1,361 |
| 1974 | 41 | #1,335 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,268 |
| 1972 | 37 | #1,391 |
| 1971 | 48 | #1,181 |
| 1970 | 46 | #1,222 |
| 1969 | 32 | #1,414 |
| 1968 | 35 | #1,282 |
| 1967 | 32 | #1,339 |
| 1966 | 23 | #1,612 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,719 |
| 1964 | 17 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 20 | #1,804 |
| 1961 | 28 | #1,520 |
| 1960 | 33 | #1,381 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,359 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
Names like Yancey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Yancey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yancey, updated 20 October 2026.